Dreamweaver 4 Weekend Crash Course

Dreamweaver 4 Weekend Crash Course. Wendy Peck's new book on Dreamweaver 4 is out. Come and take a peek at one of her easy-to-read, example-stuffed chapters. 0409 [WebReference News]

revised the terms of use

All Your Data are Belong to Us^H^HYOU! – Today Microsoft revised the terms of use for Passport to make it clear that we really aren't trying to steal all of your personal data. Actually, our privacy policy already said that, but our terms-of-use did not match, and this was caught by the incredibly astute Andrew… Continue reading revised the terms of use

MS Passport Privacy Policy Revised

Slashdot | MS Passport Privacy Policy Revised. Make sure to check out the Cnet story too. Jason Catlett of Junkbusters nails it: “if Microsoft doesn't know what's in its own terms of service regarding personal information, then what hope do its customers have for the privacy of their own information?” [Privacy Digest]

Auditing Classes at M.I.T., on the Web and Free

NY Times: Auditing Classes at M.I.T., on the Web and Free. M.I.T. plans on Wednesday to announce a 10-year initiative, apparently the biggest of its kind, that intends to create public Web sites for almost all of its 2,000 courses and to post materials like lecture notes, problem sets, syllabuses, exams, simulations, even video lectures.… Continue reading Auditing Classes at M.I.T., on the Web and Free

The Register (UK)

The Register (UK) – Son of CPRM fails ATA committee vote. The proposal dubbed 'Son of CPRM' has failed to make it into the ATA hard drive specification. The results of a postal vote are published today. The T.13 committee actually voted 8:7 in favour of including Curtis Stevens' 'Proposal to Support Generic Functionality' [19kb,… Continue reading The Register (UK)

VeriSign keeps dot-com rights in ICANN deal

Reuters: VeriSign keeps dot-com rights in ICANN deal. The Internet's top naming authority on Monday proposed extending VeriSign Inc.'s control over the popular “.com'' destination in exchange for surrendering control earlier over the “.org'' suffix. Translation: Verisign gives up nothing of value, and keeps everything of value. This would be a scandal if anyone had… Continue reading VeriSign keeps dot-com rights in ICANN deal

this amusing rant

On March 24, Joel Spolsky posted this amusing rant attacking Earthlink for a piece of direct marketing that he considered dishonest. I asked Earthlink for a comment. Yesterday I spoke with Claudia Caplan, vice president for brand marketing, who gave her company's side. What Earthlink is shooting for in marketing like this, she said, is… Continue reading this amusing rant

EBay Alters Privacy Policy

EBay Alters Privacy Policy. Continuing what some analysts say is an industry-wide trend, eBay is changing a provision in its privacy policy in which it may share user information with a new company if it's sold. By Jeffrey Benner. [Wired News]